The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-07
The Proceedings at Dublin.

TO the western Associated PreEs.
DUBLIN Oct. 6-The trial of Lord Mayor
Sullivan and MIR. O'Brien for publishing in the
papers respectively controlled by them reports
of meetings of suppressed branches of the Ma
tional League will open the Mansion House
court this afternoon. AT this honr-1:30 P. NJ
great crowds of people line the route which will
be taken by the Lord Mayor and Mr.. O'Brien,
and the corporation of the city which will
attend them in state during the trial The Lord
Mayor was driven to the court in a carriage
which was followed by Messrs John Dillon, NJ
p, ex-Lord Mayor E. Dwyer Gray and Charles
Dawson. ex-Sherff Peter Mcdonald. and others.
The city marshal, wearing cooked hat
and sword, led the civic dignitaries, who were
al arrayed in the full robes of their
offices. Mr.. O'Brien joined the procession soon
after it started, and proceeded 20 the court.
The streets through which the procession passed
to the court were thronged. and the Lord Mayor
and Mr.. OBren were the recipients of great
ovation along the entire route. Policemen wan
dered singly through the crowd. A Gordon of
police surrounded the Mansion House and pre-
vented the crowd from approaching the court
There were fifty municipal officers
present in the the court After the case had
been called by the magistrate a warm
dispute occurred between the police attendants
in the court and Mr.. Sexton, member of Parlia-
ment and high sheriff Of Dublin arising from
the desire of the latter to place the city's sword
and mace before the magistrate The police at
tempted to prevent the placing of city emblems
on the table, Wner6upOn mr. Sexton and other
municipal officers seized the sword and at
tempted to place it there by force. The police
and municipal officers struggled for the posses
sion of the sword, while the spectators in the
gallery cheered Mr. Sexton and exhorted him to
'hold on" After a few minutes both sides de-
sisted, and, after parley, a compromise was
effected, and the sword was placed on the mag
istrate's bench.
After the adjustment of the difficulty in the
body of the court, the corporation officers
tired to the seats which had been reserved for
them in the gallery Mr. OBrien did not enter
the court to the summons which had
been issued cainst him. When eriet was restored
in the courtroom, the of Mr. Sullivan
proceeded with. Mr.. Carson appeared as coun-
sci for the crown, and Mr.. Timothy Heay ap-
pesred for the defense. After hearing the evi
dence the court dismissed the case, on
ground that the crown had not proved that the
meeting reported in the Nation was meeting
of q supposed branch of the National League
The spectators and the crowd outside of the
courtroom wildly enthusiastic over the
decision. The case of Mr. OBren will be
called to morrow
In the streets there scene of wild en-
thusiasm. The crowd was great it almost
prevented the progress of the civic procession.
The Tory newspaper Offices were hissed by the
people. The Lord Mayor, arriving at the
Mansion House, made speech referring to the
result of his trial, in which he said the National
coercive government, and the news would
gladden. the hearts of Parnell and Gladstone
The only way to defeat the infamous coercion
law was 10 defy 1t. AS for himself the plank
upon which he was to sleep in jail had not been